Creatures of Habit
Across
1 Squirrel’s cheekful
6 Whole bunch
10 “I did it!”
14 Spumante specification
18 Faith with a shrine in the Hanging Gardens of Haifa
19 Healing succulent
20 Silent stars?
21 “The Chi” creator Waithe
22 Canine that thinks it’s an old-timey news announcer?
24 Bikini in the Pacific, e.g.
25 Eager
26 Any minute now
27 Corvallis sch.
28 Ridiculous
29 Flanged fasteners
30 Willingness to support
32 Bird that thinks it’s a television show host?
36 Contacted privately, in a way
38 Craps cube
39 Egyptian peninsula
40 Ingredient in some vegan marshmallows
42 “The curl experts” hair care brand
45 Tourney favorite
48 Marsupial that thinks it’s an actor?
51 Agcy. that oversees PubMed
52 Snare
54 Cambridgeshire cathedral city
55 Brewery shipments
56 Cheer syllable
58 Snapple rival
60 “Homeland” org.
61 Opposite of 33 Down
62 Sets to zero, as a scale
64 Runs very slowly
65 Alight
67 Tabbies that think they’re collies?
71 Pound sounds
72 Pot payments
74 Minor in Hollywood
75 Inflict upon
77 Italian three
78 Big name in financial services
80 Fashion monogram
81 Cable network that’s a nonprofit
82 Trouble
83 Observe
84 Cozy room
86 Insects that think they’re outfielders?
90 Teensy bit
93 Wool type
94 Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe
95 “Groovy”
96 Picture of Pluto?
97 “Star __”
99 Lambs that think they’re census takers?
104 Swim events
107 Takes a victory lap, maybe
108 Reads (over)
109 Frozen solid?
111 Caramel candy sold in a tube
113 Word after “Lavender” and “Purple,” in song titles
114 Red Monopoly piece
115 Bird that thinks it’s a restaurant critic?
118 Finished
119 __ City: Pittsburgh
120 “__ did I just watch?”
121 Don
122 Try again
123 Little helper?
124 Simplicity
125 Pedometer units
Down
1 Basics
2 Pod used as a chocolate substitute
3 “Such a flirt!”
4 Occasion to carry an umbrella
5 Diarist Anaïs
6 Carpentry tools
7 Social capital
8 Pioneering ISP
9 Pt. of HDTV
10 Phoebe or Cronus
11 Surrounded by
12 Mutation that removes a DNA sequence
13 Interpretation first provided for a SOTU address in 2021
14 Comfort item for some tots
15 Light show?
16 Principle celebrated on the first night of Kwanzaa
17 Iotas
20 __-pedi
23 Used up
28 Stores with Småland play areas
29 Gives a zero-star review, say
31 Cry from a Mega Millions winner
33 Opposite of 61-Across
34 Ball caps or bottle caps
35 Remove from the top of an inbox, say
37 Musher’s conveyance
40 Partnerships
41 Jam at a Pride Parade
43 Awake before the alarm
44 Headwear sported by Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue
46 Consider, as an idea
47 Prepares at a state
fair, perhaps
48 Gym
49 Lye, in a lab
50 Syst. between Baltimore and D.C.
53 Fez danglers
57 Enters
59 __ cucumber
62 Blast letters
63 “This is your last warning!”
66 Droplets on a cobweb
68 LP or EP, e.g.
69 Official religion of Djibouti
70 Deer sir
73 Turns blue?
76 Burning
79 Sired
81 Easter Island’s country
85 Nasal irrigation vessels
87 Backstage crew
88 First Nations people
89 Like some intricate designs
91 Before birth
92 “I love everything you’ve done here”
98 “I’ll drink to that”
99 Hunger for
100 Ran very slowly
101 Receive
102 Put on the market
103 Breads with pockets
105 Rich cake
106 Single-masted sailboat
107 Mjölnir wielder
110 Give credit to
112 Possesses
114 Employee benefit option, for short
115 Manchego source
116 Cry of recognition
117 Path finder in a Pathfinder, briefly